ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 76109
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 November 2001 |
| Time: | 15:43 |
| Type: |  Kaman K-1200 K-Max |
| Owner/operator: | U.S. Department of State |
| Registration: | N361KA |
| MSN: | A94-0032 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming T53-17A-1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bloomfield, CT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Bloomfield, CT (CT05) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
As the helicopter descended towards the ground during hovering autorotation maneuvers, the pilot applied aft cyclic, and the helicopter began to drift rearward. The pilot increased the collective to stop the decent, and began to concentrate on the aft drift, when the helicopter touched down on the right main and nose landing gear. The pilot added left cyclic to level the helicopter, but due to low rotor rpm, the control input had little effect. The helicopter began to roll to the right, and the main rotor blades impacted the ground. The helicopter came to rest on its right side. According to the pilot's flight instructor, the accident flight was the pilot's fifth flight of the day, with the first four dual instructional flights being conducted in a Kaman H-43. The last flight was to be conducted solo in the K-1200. The pilot had previously flown the K-1200 four times.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while hovering. A factor related to the accident was the pilots lack of experience in type of aircraft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20011228X02463&key=1
History of this aircraft
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2010 08:32 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 10-Dec-2017 13:18 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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